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As the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Connecticut continues to be ‘safe harbor’ for women seeking an abortion

HARTFORD, Conn. — As the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade national protections for abortion on Friday, Connecticut has become a “safe harbor” for women seeking an abortion.

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Where Virginia’s rules on abortion stand now that Roe v. Wade is gone

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Now that the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade, Virginia’s relatively lax regulations on abortion will be the final word on the matter in the state, at least for the time being.

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Roe reversal puts spotlight on state laws - Roll Call

The coasts are set to become de facto safe havens for access to abortion, while much of the South and Midwest will become abortion deserts.

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AOC joins protests outside Supreme Court, says Roe v Wade ruling ‘not a reason to give up’

The New York Democrat says the death of the 1973 Supreme Court decision is ‘a call for us to expand our organising on the ground, and to do the actually transformative work in our communities and in our areas.’

The Independent UK

Roe v. Wade overturned: Will more Americans travel to Canada and Mexico for abortions?

The United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights for American women.

The Conversation

Abortion ruling to test Biden's political, policy plans

The U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade will test President Joe Biden's ability to preserve abortion access

The Independent UK

Dobbs decision: Reactions to the end of Roe v. Wade

With the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Roe v. Wade has been overturned.

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Abortion banned in Missouri as trigger law takes effect, following Supreme Court ruling

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nearly all abortion is now banned in Missouri following the U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday ending the federal right to the procedure that marks the culmination of a decades-long campaign by Missouri abortion opponents to restrict – and one day eliminate – the lawful ability to…

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Democrats condemn Supreme Court's abortion ruling

"Today is one of the darkest days our country has ever seen," Senate Majority Leader Schumer said.

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Michelle Obama expresses heartbreak over Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade: ‘Horrifying’

Supreme Court overturned nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion on Friday

The Independent UK

‘It’s a war’: The woman who helped open one of the first abortion clinics in America on the fight to protect women’s rights

Merle Hoffman helped open the centre two years before landmark ruling. Now, ‘I’ll be damned if I’m going down without a fight,’ she tells Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

‘God bless Justice Alito’: Conservatives rejoice as Supreme Court strikes down Roe

Republican politicians like Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert swiftly praised the decision

The Independent UK

AG James vows New York will remain ‘safe haven’ for abortion as she slams ‘vicious decision’ to overturn Roe

‘The Supreme Court’s vicious decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is one of the darkest moments in the history of this nation,’ she tweets

The Independent UK

Here’s how Texas’ abortion trigger law works, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned

Texas’ so-called “trigger” law will further restrict abortion access after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

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The Conversation

Roe v Wade overturned: what abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world

The global landscape of reproductive rights is constantly shifting. The US Supreme Court ruling that has overturned Roe v Wade – the landmark 1973 decision that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion – marks a significant regression for abortion access. But it is not the only case. While…

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Will Supreme Court abortion ruling lift California Democrats this fall?

WASHINGTON — California Democrats facing close races could get an important political boost from Friday’s Supreme Court decision reversing its half-century-old ruling that women have a constitutional right to an abortion.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon warns US abortion ban is a 'dark day' for women's rights

The First Minister said the US Supreme Court decision could embolden "anti-women forces in other countries".

The Independent UK

Medication abortion is common, effective, and under attack by Republicans

Most abortions in the US and overseas involve pills that can be taken at home, but GOP lawmakers have launched a new war on drugs, Alex Woodward reports

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US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional right to abortion

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 court ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right, that revokes the right from women and shifts authority over the procedure to the states.

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Why Florida isn’t losing the right to an abortion … yet

While the overturn of Roe v. Wade dramatically alters the landscape of abortion rights nationally, in Florida, the decision has no immediate effect on the legality of abortion.

The Guardian - US

‘One of our darkest days’: outrage after supreme court overturns Roe v Wade

Chuck Schumer condemns justices on ‘the extremist Maga court’ but conservative lawmakers move swiftly to trigger abortion bans

Reason

Alito's Abortion Ruling Overturning Roe Is an Insult to the 9th Amendment

The Constitution protects many more rights than it mentions, as James Madison explained.

The Independent UK

How U.S. states have banned, limited or protected abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion

Tribune News Service

Here are the key differences between Mississippi’s abortion law and Texas’ Senate Bill 8

DALLAS — Abortion restrictions have been popping up across the country in advance of the new U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Dobbs vs. Women’s Health case from Mississippi, which had been anticipated after the political firestorm over a recent leak.

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State courts from Oregon to Georgia will now decide who – if anyone – can get an abortion under 50 different state constitutions

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, state laws, rather than federal law, will now determine whether someone can legally get an abortion. It also means that state Supreme Courts will become much more important in deciding the validity of state laws on abortion.

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